WO2012021751A2 - Système d'antennes omnidirectionnelles amélioré pour des communications sans fil - Google Patents

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WO2012021751A2
WO2012021751A2 PCT/US2011/047487 US2011047487W WO2012021751A2 WO 2012021751 A2 WO2012021751 A2 WO 2012021751A2 US 2011047487 W US2011047487 W US 2011047487W WO 2012021751 A2 WO2012021751 A2 WO 2012021751A2
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
    • H01Q9/0407—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna
    • H01Q9/0428—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna radiating a circular polarised wave
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    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/36—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith
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  • the present invention relates to antennas that transmit and/or receive radio frequency (RF) signals and other electromagnetic signals including antennas for use in mobile, cellular or other wireless phones, desktop computers, notebook computers, laptop computers, tablets, servers, televisions, radios, Very High Frequency (VHF) radios, satellites, Ground Position Satellite (GPS) units, WiFi units, wireless routers, radio frequency controllers, robot devices, Bluetooth enabled devices, or other devices that communicate wirelessly.
  • RF radio frequency
  • signal loss also typically occurs when your hand or other body parts attenuate on sensitive parts of the mobile phone's antenna.
  • a coupling effect occurs which may detune the antenna, and/or grounds out (shorts out) the antenna, and signal transmission is reduced in the case of a detuned antenna, or transmission may be terminated if the antenna grounds out.
  • the Apple iPhone 4 there are multiple linearly polarized antennas.
  • a particularly sensitive area on the original Apple iPhone 4 is the black strip on the lower left corner which surrounds the entire circumference of the mobile phone.
  • a circularly polarized (CP) antenna configuration into a wireless transmitting and/or receiving device, such as, for example, radio frequency controllers, wireless routers, Bluetooth enabled devices, WiFi devices, robot devices, cellular or wireless phones, global positioning satellite (GPS) devices, radios, televisions, computers, tablets, notebook and laptop computers, etc.
  • a wireless transmitting and/or receiving device such as, for example, radio frequency controllers, wireless routers, Bluetooth enabled devices, WiFi devices, robot devices, cellular or wireless phones, global positioning satellite (GPS) devices, radios, televisions, computers, tablets, notebook and laptop computers, etc.
  • GPS global positioning satellite
  • high frequency and microwave wireless systems for example 1.2 GHz and 5.8 GHz systems, become substantially omni-directional antennas as opposed to line of sight antenna systems that are subject to environmental and other obstructions that interfere with the transmission and reception of the signals by the antenna.
  • the antenna may be configured as described and shown in United States Patent No. 7,733,280.
  • the circularly polarized antenna may be configured as shown in Fig. 4 of United States Patent No. 7,733,280 where the antenna has a ground and a radiating element.
  • the circularly polarized antenna has a substantially flat, planar, conductive radiating element and the signal transmits or is received from the edges of the radiating element.
  • the antenna ground may be a substantially flat, planar, conductive material that preferably is larger than the radiating element, and preferably at least one dimension of the antenna ground is about three to about four (about 3-4) times larger than the respective dimension of the radiating element.
  • Other circularly polarized (CP) antenna are also contemplated.
  • the floating grounding plane such as, for example, a strip, band, plate, block, sheet, wire mesh, foil, or coating of conductive material, for example, metal
  • the floating grounding plane e.g., metal strip
  • the floating grounding plane couples the wireless device to the antenna and the wireless device becomes part of the overall antenna radiating system.
  • the results have been experimentally proven with very positive results.
  • the transmission has a much higher equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP), sometimes referred to as gain, with increases from 33% of power transmitted to >95% of transmitted power radiated.
  • EIRP equivalent isotropically radiated power
  • an antenna system for a wireless device having a housing comprises one or more circularly polarized antenna for transmitting or receiving a signal, and one or more floating ground planes, wherein the floating ground plane is electrically isolated from yet in proximity to the antenna so that it is inductively coupled to the CP antenna.
  • the floating ground plane may comprise one or more of a strip, band, foil, plate, block, wire mesh, sheet or coating of conductive metal and, for example, may be a relatively thin copper strip, foil or sheet.
  • the floating ground plane is larger than or more massive than the antenna ground, and preferably larger than and more massive than the radiating element.
  • the floating ground plane may comprise copper or aluminum mesh or foil wrapped partially or completely about or around the interior or exterior of the wireless device, and may form the housing of the wireless devices, or parts or pieces of the housing.
  • the floating ground plane may be located a distance of about 1 mm or less from the CP antenna, to several centimeters from the CP antenna, to several inches from the CP antenna depending upon the operating power of the wireless device and operating frequency of the antenna, among other factors.
  • the floating ground plane is located a distance of about 2 millimeters from the antenna, and in another embodiment of slightly higher power (about two to four watts) the floating plane is about 25 mm to about 30 mm from the antenna, and in yet other embodiments of higher power (about 150 watts), the floating ground plane may be as far away as about six (6) inches to about eight (8) inches from the antenna, depending upon a number of factors, including the operating frequency of the antenna and the operating power. Generally, the closer the floating ground plane can be located to the antenna without arcing or shorting, the better the performance of the antenna.
  • the floating ground plane in one embodiment is connected to the ground of the wireless device.
  • the floating ground plane is connected to metallic elements on the exterior of the device housing, and may be connected to the exterior of the device housing.
  • the floating ground plane may be connected to both the ground of the wireless device and connected to the exterior of the device housing or metallic elements on the exterior of the device housing.
  • an antenna system for a wireless device comprising an antenna, preferably a circularly polarized antenna, for transmitting or receiving a signal, and a floating ground plane, wherein the floating ground plane is in proximity to the antenna so that floating ground plane is inductively coupled to the antenna.
  • the floating ground plane preferably is electrically isolated from and in close proximity to the ground of the antenna. The closer the floating ground plane is to the antenna without arcing or shorting, generally the better the performance of the antenna and the better the Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR).
  • the floating grounding plane may comprise one of the group of a strip, band, foil, coating, mesh, sheet, block and plate of conductive metal, such as, for example, relatively thin copper or aluminum foil.
  • the antenna system and/or wireless device may further comprise a housing.
  • the circularly polarized antenna preferably has a radiating element and an antenna ground and the radiating element preferably is electrically isolated from and located about one (1) mm to about ten (10) mm from the ground of the antenna.
  • the radiating element may be a relatively thin conductive sheet, strip, band, foil, mesh or coating having a length and height and may be formed on a printed circuit board.
  • the relatively thin conductive radiating element may be substantially flat and planar-shaped or may take the form of shapes and have curves.
  • the circularly polarized antenna may further include a conductive antenna ground formed as a relatively thin sheet, strip, band, mesh, foil or coating and may be formed on a printed circuit board.
  • the relatively thin conductive antenna ground may be substantially flat and planar- shaped or may take the form of shapes and have curves.
  • the radiating element and the antenna ground may both be formed on a printed circuit board and oriented in the same plane.
  • the radiating element and the antenna ground may be oriented in different planes.
  • the antenna system may comprise a plurality of antennas including one or more radiating elements and/or one or more antenna grounds, and the various radiating elements and antenna grounds may be oriented in the same or different planes.
  • the circularly polarized antenna has a planar shaped, conductive antenna ground formed as a relatively thin sheet, foil or coating.
  • the antenna ground preferably is larger or more massive than the radiating element.
  • the antenna ground preferably has at least one dimension that is about three (3) to about four (4) times larger than the respective dimension of the radiating element.
  • the floating ground plane preferably is larger, preferably dimensionally larger, or more massive than the radiating element, and the floating ground plane preferably is larger, preferably dimensionally larger, or more massive than the antenna ground.
  • the circularly polarized antenna includes a planar conductive radiating element and a conductive antenna ground, wherein the floating ground plane, radiating element and antenna ground are sized and located so that the radiating element is spaced and electrically isolated from the antenna ground and the floating ground plane, and the antenna ground is spaced from and electrically isolated from the radiating element and the floating ground plane.
  • the antenna system may further include a signal coupler, wherein the signal coupler comprises the antenna ground.
  • the signal coupler ground preferably is electrically connected to the antenna ground or forms the antenna ground and is preferably electrically isolated from the radiating element and the floating ground plane.
  • the floating ground plane preferably is connected to the ground of the wireless device.
  • the antenna system may be used in a portable wireless device, a handheld portable wireless device, a moveable vehicle and/or a stationary device.
  • the floating ground plane in exemplary embodiments may be about .5 centimeters to about 125 centimeters in length, about .5 centimeters to about 125 centimeters in width or height, and relatively thin, although other sizes and shapes are contemplated and will work. Generally the larger the floating ground plane the better the operation of the antenna.
  • the circularly polarized antenna includes a conductive planar shaped radiating element and an antenna ground, and the floating ground plane may be located and positioned about one (1) mm to about thirty (30) mm from the antenna, preferably from the antenna ground; more preferably about two (2) mm to about ten (10) mm from the antenna, preferably the antenna ground, depending upon the operating power of the wireless system.
  • the radiating element in exemplary embodiments may have a length of about 25 mm to about 250 mm and a height or width of about 20 mm to about 180 mm, and the antenna ground may have a length of about 115 mm to about 990 mm and a height or width of about 55 mm to about 990 mm, and a relatively thin thickness, such as, for example, about one (1) mm to about two (2) mm, although other dimensions and shapes are contemplated and will work and to a large extent is determined by operating frequency, operating power and packaging limitations.
  • a method of improving an antenna system of a wireless device comprising the steps of (a) providing a circularly polarized antenna; and (b) inductively coupling the circularly polarized antenna to a floating ground plane to improve the performance of the antenna system.
  • the method may further comprise the step of providing a floating ground plane and placing the floating ground plane in proximity to and preferably isolated from and not in physical or electrical contact with the circularly polarized antenna to inductively couple the antenna to the floating ground plane.
  • the method may still further include the step of mounting the floating ground plane to or within the housing or platform of the wireless device.
  • the circularly polarized antenna may have a conductive planar-shaped radiating element and the method may further comprise the step of configuring the floating ground plane to be larger or more massive than the radiating element.
  • the method may further comprise the circularly polarized antenna having a conductive planar-shaped antenna ground and further comprising the step of configuring at least one dimension of the antenna ground to be larger than, preferably about three (3) to about (4) times larger than, the respective dimension of the radiating element.
  • a method of improving an antenna system is also provided wherein a circularly polarized antenna having a conductive planar shaped radiating element and antenna ground, and a floating ground plane is provided, and the proportional size and relative spatial distances between the floating ground plane, the radiating element and the antenna ground are configured to inductively couple the floating ground plane to the antenna and achieve an acceptable VSWR to effectively propagate a signal.
  • the radiating element, antenna ground and floating ground plane may be configured and arranged to obtain a Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) at a desired frequency band of less than 3: 1, and more preferably less than 2: 1.
  • VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
  • one or more power amplifiers optionally may be connected to the circularly polarized antennas and may also be connected to the ground of the wireless device.
  • the floating ground plane may be in proximity to the ground of the optional power amplifier, and in one example, may be approximately 1 millimeter to about 1 centimeter to the ground of the power amplifier.
  • This wireless device preferably has a housing, preferably a hand-holdable housing, that comprises an antenna, preferably a circularly polarized antenna, for transmitting or receiving a signal, an optional power amplifier connected to the antenna and connected to the ground of the wireless device, and a floating ground plane, wherein the floating ground plane is in proximity to the antenna, preferably the ground of the antenna, so that the floating ground is inductively coupled to the antenna.
  • a housing preferably a hand-holdable housing, that comprises an antenna, preferably a circularly polarized antenna, for transmitting or receiving a signal, an optional power amplifier connected to the antenna and connected to the ground of the wireless device, and a floating ground plane, wherein the floating ground plane is in proximity to the antenna, preferably the ground of the antenna, so that the floating ground is inductively coupled to the antenna.
  • the floating grounding plane may comprise one of a strip, band, foil, mesh, plate, block, coating or sheet of conductive metal and may be a relatively thin copper strip. Other forms for the floating ground plane are contemplated.
  • the conductive strip in one embodiment may be about .5 centimeters to about 1.5 centimeters in length and about 2.5 centimeters to about 3 centimeters in width or height.
  • the floating ground plane is located a distance of about five (5) millimeters to about eight (8) millimeters from the antenna and preferably inductively couples to the antenna, preferably the ground of the antenna.
  • the floating ground plane preferably is connected to the housing or metallic elements on the exterior of the device housing where a user preferably physically contacts the metallic elements on the housing to capacitively couple the user to the wireless device so that the user becomes part of the antenna.
  • a dedicated or floating grounding plane such as, for example, a strip, band, foil, mesh, plate, block, coating or sheet of metal
  • the floating grounding plane e.g., metal strip
  • the floating ground plane may be connected to the housing or metallic elements on the housing preferably by coaxial cable.
  • the metal band around the phone may serve as the ground plane and allow the user to be coupled to the phone's antenna and become part of the overall antenna radiating system, rather than have the metal band assist in grounding out or shorting the wireless (e.g. electromagnetic) signals.
  • the results have been experimentally proven with very positive results.
  • the transmission with the improved antenna system has a much higher equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP), sometimes referred to as gain, with increases from 33% of power transmitted to >95% of transmitted power radiated.
  • EIRP equivalent isotropically radiated power
  • the antenna preferably does not short out by the user holding the phone in any position.
  • the floating ground plane may be connected to the ground of the wireless device.
  • the floating ground plane is in proximity to the ground of the power amplifier, and in one example may be approximately one (1) millimeter to about one (1) centimeter to the ground of the power amplifier. It should be noted that each of these features may be used together or separately.
  • the antenna system in still a further embodiment may have a coaxial cable that connects the antenna to the power amplifier.
  • the length of the coaxial cable connecting the antenna to the power amplifier is selected to match the impedance of the antenna to the impedance of the power amplifier.
  • the coaxial cable that connects the power amplifier to the antenna preferably has a length greater than or equal to about .15 of the effective corrected wavelength of the antenna.
  • the coaxial cable extending between the power amplifier and the antenna is about one (1) centimeter to about one and a half (1.5) centimeters in length.
  • the antenna system further comprises a coaxial cable extending from the lead connecting the power amplifier to ground toward the floating ground plane, and the end of the coaxial cable is preferably no more than ten (10) mm from the floating ground plane.
  • the length of the coaxial cable extending toward the floating ground plane may be about one and a half (1.5) centimeters to about three and a half (3.5) centimeters long and preferably as short as possible to reduce losses.
  • Other lengths for the coaxial cable extending toward and in proximity to the floating ground plane from the lead that connects the power amplifier to ground is contemplated.
  • an antenna and a floating ground plane is provided, preferably a circularly polarized antenna and a conductive floating ground plane, whereby the floating ground plane is positioned and configured to inductively couple the floating ground plane to the antenna and the user is capacitively coupled to the wireless device by contacting the floating ground plane or a conductive member or conductive contact electrically connected to the floating plane so that the user becomes part of the antenna.
  • the floating ground plane is positioned and configured to lie substantially over and preferably cover entirely one side of the antenna. It is believed that the electromagnetic waves transmitted by the wireless device are propagated and dispersed away from the user by the floating ground plane.
  • the antenna and the floating ground plane may be positioned advantageously closer to the (back) side of the phone that is away from the user, and the user of the wireless or mobile phone preferably handles the phone so that the other opposite (front) side is directed toward their body.
  • the floating ground plane preferably substantially or entirely covers, overlies or overlaps the area of the antenna so that the electromagnetic waves are believed to be propagated away from the user.
  • the antenna components of the circularly polarized antenna preferably comprising the radiating element and the antenna ground are formed on a first or front side of a printed circuit board and a metallic sheet, foil or plate is placed over and substantially covers the majority of the second or back side of the printed circuit board, and the printed circuit board assembly is positioned in the wireless device toward the back side of the wireless device and preferably over the battery pack so that the antenna components face the battery pack and the front of the housing.
  • An optional audio output device e.g., a speaker
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of the antenna system in a current cordless phone
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the antenna system of the present invention as implemented in a wireless device
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of a circularly polarized antenna for use in the wireless device of Fig. 2;
  • Fig. 4 is a plan view of a circularly polarized antenna that may be used in an embodiment of the antenna system according to the invention.
  • Fig. 5 is a plan view of a circularly polarized antenna that may be used in an embodiment of the antenna system according to the invention.
  • Fig. 6 is a plan view of one embodiment of an antenna for use in the improved antenna system of the present invention.
  • Fig. 7 is a side view of the antenna of Fig. 6;
  • Fig. 8 is a top perspective view of another embodiment of a circularly polarized antenna that may be used in an embodiment of the antenna system of the present invention;
  • Fig. 9 is a bottom perspective view of the antenna of Fig. 8 with a signal coupler attached;
  • Fig 10 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a circularly polarized antenna that may be used in an embodiment of the antenna system according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 11 is a perspective top view of a robot system that is wirelessly controlled which utilizes an embodiment of the antenna system of the present invention
  • Fig. 12 is a side view of the robot device used in the robot system of Fig. 11;
  • Fig. 13 is the VSWR test results of an embodiment of the antenna system of the present invention from 1.5 GHz to 2.8 GHz;
  • Fig. 14 is the gain of the antenna system used in the robot device of example 1;
  • Fig. 15 is the VSWR test results of another embodiment of the antenna system of the present invention from 1 GHz to 3 GHz;
  • Fig. 16 is the gain of the antenna system used in the robot device of example 2.
  • Fig. 17 is a side view of another embodiment of the antenna system of the present invention mounted on a vehicle;
  • Fig. 18 is the VSWR test results of one embodiment of the antenna system of the present invention mounted on a vehicle from 100 MHz to 400 MHz;
  • Fig. 19 is the VSWR test results of the antenna system of Fig. 18 from .5 GHz to 1 GHz;
  • Fig. 20 is the predicted gain of one embodiment of the antenna system used on the vehicle of example 3;
  • Fig. 21 is a top perspective view of another embodiment of the antenna system according to the present invention used on a wireless device;
  • Fig. 22 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the antenna system of the present invention advantageous used in hand-holdable wireless devices
  • Fig. 23 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an antenna system of the present invention.
  • Fig. 24 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of an antenna system of the present invention.
  • FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram of still a further embodiment of an antenna system of the present invention.
  • Fig. 26 is a cross-sectional representation of still another embodiment of a wireless communication device, for example a mobile phone, implementing an improved antenna system of the present invention which capacitively couples the user to the wireless device and reduces radiation exposure from wireless communication devices;
  • Fig. 27 is a back view of the mobile phone of Fig. 26 with the back cover removed illustrating the placement of the new antenna system;
  • Fig. 28 is a back view of the mobile phone of Fig. 26 with the back cover removed and the antenna system tilted to show the configuration of the antenna;
  • Fig. 29 is a view of the mobile phone of Fig. 26 with the antenna system installed in the back cover before its placement on the body of the mobile phone;
  • Fig. 30 is a perspective side view of the mobile phone of Fig. 26 with the antenna installed inside the housing and a portion of the floating ground plane extending to the exterior of the housing;
  • Fig. 31 is a plot of the gain of the antenna used in the mobile phone of Fig. 26 where no hands contact the mobile phone;
  • Fig. 32 is a plot of the gain of the antenna of Fig. 26 where hands are used to contact the mobile phone during its use.
  • Figs. 2- 32 for improving the gain, or EIRP, of a device used to transmit and/or receive signals, in order to provide improved range.
  • the antenna system of the present invention should not be limited to the embodiments shown. The description herein is directed to a person skilled in the art of antenna design and radio frequency (RF) communications.
  • RF radio frequency
  • the antenna system may be used in any type of wireless device, including but not limited to mobile, cellular or wireless phones, computers, tablets, ipods, pagers, global positioning satellite (GPS) devices, radios, televisions, WiFi devices, wireless routers, Bluetooth enabled devises, radio frequency controllers, robots, RF controlled vehicles, and on and in moveable vehicles, stationary devices and with other wireless devices.
  • wireless device including but not limited to mobile, cellular or wireless phones, computers, tablets, ipods, pagers, global positioning satellite (GPS) devices, radios, televisions, WiFi devices, wireless routers, Bluetooth enabled devises, radio frequency controllers, robots, RF controlled vehicles, and on and in moveable vehicles, stationary devices and with other wireless devices.
  • GPS global positioning satellite
  • a typical transmitting, receiving or transceiver device 5 such as, for example, a wireless phone, uses a linear dipole antenna 1 connected to a power amplifier 2 that is connected to ground 3. This device 5 will incur some of the detuning and grounding effects described in the Background section of this application.
  • a wireless transmitting, receiving or transceiver device 10 such as, for example, a robot that is wirelessly controlled, preferably uses one or more circularly polarized antenna 15.
  • Fig. 3 shows a schematic illustration of an embodiment of a circularly polarized antenna
  • Fig. 4 shows a plan view of another embodiment of a circularly polarized antenna 15
  • FIG. 5 shows another circularly polarized antenna 15 that may be used in an embodiment of the present antenna system.
  • Figs. 6 and 7 of the present application also show the design of a circularly polarized antenna 15 that has worked in a 1.9 GHz cordless phone. The antenna of Figs. 6 and 7 was configured for 1.9 GHz and is shown next to a United States quarter and dime to provide approximate, relative dimensions.
  • Figs 8 and 9 show another embodiment of a circularly polarized antenna with Fig. 9 showing a signal coupler 20 to deliver or receive a signal.
  • Fig. 10 shows yet another embodiment of a circularly polarized antenna 15 that is similar to the antenna of Figs. 6 and 7. Yet another circularly polarized antenna is shown in Fig. 28.
  • the size and shape of the antennas 15 generally would vary depending upon the frequency band at which the antenna is intended to work.
  • Each antenna 15 may comprise a radiating element 12 and an antenna ground 13 as schematically illustrated in Fig. 2.
  • the radiating element 12 preferably is formed of conductive material 16, for example, copper, but other conductive materials will work and are contemplated for radiating element 12.
  • Radiating element 12 is preferably formed as a thin sheet, strip, band, foil, mesh, plate or coating having a length 1, a height h or width w, and a thickness t on insulating substrate 14.
  • the thickness of the radiating element 12 in one embodiment preferably is relatively small compared to its length and height or width. Representative thickness of the radiating element range from about one (1) mm to about two (2) mm, although other values are contemplated and will work.
  • the radiating element 12 is preferably planar and flat shaped, although it may be curved and take other forms and shapes. In one embodiment, the radiating element may be square or rectangularly-shaped as shown in Fig. 3-6, although it may take other forms.
  • the radiating element 12 may comprise a coating 12a on a substrate 14 that was manufactured using printed circuit board technology.
  • the radiating element 12 is formed preferably so that it radiates along its edges 11 and preferably the conductive material 16 extends to the edges of the printed circuit board.
  • the printed circuit board substrate (the dielectric/insulating material) 14 may be formed with chamfered, beveled or rounded edges and the conductive coating 16, usually copper, forming the radiating element 12 extends over the chamfered, beveled or rounded edges.
  • Antenna radiating element 12 may be disposed on one or both sides of the insulating substrate 14.
  • the radiating element 12 may have a further coating or sheet (not shown) of insulating, dielectric or less conductive material over it.
  • the insulating or dielectric coating or sheet over the radiating element 12 may serve to protect the radiating element 12.
  • the antenna ground 13 is also preferably formed of conductive material 16.
  • the conductive material 16 used for the radiating element 12 may be different than or the same as the conductive material 16 used for the antenna ground 13.
  • the antenna ground 13 preferably is isolated a distance d from the radiating element 12.
  • the radiating element 12 and antenna ground 13 may be disposed on the same substrate 14 as shown in Fig. 5 and both may be a coating of conductive material, for example copper, preferably in one embodiment formed on an insulating substrate 14 using printed circuit board technology.
  • the radiating element 12 and antenna ground 13 are formed on a planar shaped insulating substrate 14 extending in a principal plane as shown in Fig. 5.
  • the antenna ground 13 may be formed as a thin planar sheet, strip, band, plate, foil, or coating 13b, and may be formed on the same substrate 14 as the antenna radiating element 12. Examples of the thickness of the antenna ground range from about one (1) mm to about two (2) mm, although other thickness values are contemplated and will work.
  • the ground antenna 13 also may take other forms such as, for example, the plate 13a as shown in Figs. 6-7 and 10, and may be connected to or part of and integral with the exterior of a signal coupler. In one embodiment the antenna ground 13 may be square or rectangularly shaped as shown in Figs. 3-5 having a height GH, a length GL, and a thickness GT.
  • the circularly polarized antenna 15 may be a circularly polarized dipole-like antenna that has an asymmetric dipole design. Additional circularly polarized antenna designs that will work with device 10 include the antennas shown and described in United States Patent No. 7,733,280, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference, including the antenna design of Figs. 1-6 of United States Patent No. 7,733,280. In one embodiment the circularly polarized antenna 15 has the design of Fig. 4 of United States Patent No. 7,733,280.
  • the circularly polarized antenna 15 may include plural antennas sharing a common ground bus as shown in Fig. 4 of the '280 patent or may comprise only one radiating element and one antenna ground as shown in Fig. 4 of this application.
  • the circularly polarized antenna may also be configured like Figs. 1-3 or Figs. 5 and 6 of United States Patent No. 7,733,280.
  • Antenna 15 further may include a signal coupler 20, diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 4, having a first signal conductor 22 and a second conductor 24.
  • the first signal conductor 22 of the coupler 20 is coupled through a first feed portion 32 to the radiating element 12, and the second conductor 24 of the coupler 20 is coupled through a second feed portion 34 to the antenna ground or ground conductor 13.
  • applied RF signal currents fed through coupler 20 pass through feed portions 32, 34 into radiating element 12 and the antenna ground (ground conductor) 13, respectively. From there, electric fields extend between the antenna ground 13 and the radiating element 12 in such a way to cause the RF signals to radiate from the antenna 15, and preferably from the edges 11 of the radiating element 12.
  • the size and shape of the radiating element 12 is varied to meet frequency requirements and impedance matching according to "patch radiator" technology.
  • the size and shape of the feed portions 32, 34 preferably match impedances from the coupler 20 to the radiating element 12 of the antenna 15. Generally, the higher the frequencies the smaller the size of the radiating element 12.
  • the antenna ground 13 may be roughly the same size as the size of the radiating element 12 of the antenna as shown in Figs 3 and 5, other relative sizes for the antenna ground 13, as shown in Figs. 4, 6-10 and 28 are contemplated, and it is preferred in some embodiments that the antenna ground 13 be larger than or more massive than the radiating element 12.
  • At least one dimension of the antenna ground 13 be about three (3) to about four (4) times larger than the respective dimension of the radiating element 12.
  • multiple radiating elements 12 and a single antenna ground 13 may be formed on the same insulating board 14 as shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 28.
  • RF signals including high frequency signals, Very High Frequency signals, microwaves and other radio frequency signals, may be feed or delivered to or received from antenna 15.
  • the antenna 15 has been described as a transmitting antenna where signals are fed to the antenna 15, but the same principals, connections and spatial and geometric relationships apply if the antenna 15 is a receiving antenna, or both a transmitting and receiving antenna (for a transceiver device).
  • the device 10 may include a dedicated or floating grounding plane 40.
  • the floating ground plane 40 preferably may be electrically connected by a lead or other connection 42 to the ground 45 of the device or platform 10.
  • the floating ground plane 40 preferably is a conductive material and may take the form of a metal strip, band, foil, mesh, thin sheet, coating, plate or block, but is not limited to these embodiments or forms.
  • the floating grounding plane 40 preferably has some mass and size, with the mass and size preferably being varied depending upon the application and to impedance match with the one or more antennas 15.
  • the floating ground plane 40 may be copper, gold, aluminum, steel, sheet steel, iron or other conductive metals.
  • the floating ground plane preferably is generally a flat planar surface but is not limited by its shape to a planar structure or surface, or having a flat or planar surface.
  • the floating ground plane can take the form of shapes and have curved surfaces.
  • the floating ground plane 40 be larger or more massive than the antenna ground 13, and that the floating ground plane 40 also preferably be larger or more massive than the radiating element 12, the floating ground plane 40 does not have to be larger or more massive than the antenna ground 13 or radiating element 12.
  • the floating ground plane 40 is larger than the antenna ground 13 and larger than the radiating element 12, which may be advantageous and facilitate achieving acceptable VSWR to effectively propagate signals of a desired frequency bandwidth.
  • the antenna has a VSWR at the desired frequency of less than 3: 1, preferably less than 2: 1.
  • the floating grounding plane 40 preferably is in close proximity to, but not in electrical contact with, the antenna 15, and in particular, in close proximity to, but not in electrical contact with the antenna ground 13 to inductively couple the floating ground plane 40 to the antenna 15, and in particular, to inductively couple the floating ground plane 40 to the antenna ground 13.
  • the inductive coupling of the floating ground plane 40 to the antenna 15, and particularly the antenna ground 13 is schematically illustrated in Fig. 2 by 18.
  • the circularly polarized antenna such as, for example, one of the designs shown in Figs. 3-10 or 28, should be inductively coupled to the floating ground plane 40 by spatially setting up the proper distances between the floating ground plane 40 and the antenna ground 13.
  • the floating ground plane 40 preferably is placed in proximity to but is electrically isolated from the antenna ground 13.
  • the distance between the floating ground plane 40 and the antenna 15 may vary by the device, application and packaging requirements.
  • the spatial distance SP between the floating ground plane 40 and the antenna ground 13 to obtain inductive coupling and the best desired results will depend upon the application, including the frequency of operation of the wireless device (and in particular the antenna at issue), the packaging limitations (e.g., the size of the housing of the wireless device 10), the size of the floating ground plane 40 (e.g., the mass and physical dimensions), the operating power, and the arrangement of other circuitry and power supply elements (including any batteries).
  • the larger the size and mass of the floating ground plane 40 the further the antenna ground 13 may be from the floating ground plane 40 and still be inductively coupled to the floating ground plane 40.
  • the floating ground plane 40 should be located as close as possible to the antenna 15 without arcing or shorting between the antenna 15 and floating ground plane 40.
  • Representative values for the distance SP that the floating ground plane may 40 be located from the antenna 15 include about one (1) millimeter or so, to a couple of centimeters, to a couple of inches, although other distances are contemplated and depend upon the operating power of the wireless system, the packaging, the operating frequency of the antenna(s) and the application as discussed herein.
  • the floating ground plane 40 is closer to the antenna 15 than to the ground 45 of the device 10.
  • the floating grounding plane 40 being closer to the antenna 15 is typically more important than the floating grounding plane 40 being closer to the ground 45 of the device 10.
  • Factors that influence the size of the floating ground plane 40 include the frequency that the antenna operates at, the power that the antenna radiates at and has to handle (higher power generally requires a larger floating ground plane), and the proximity of the floating ground plane to the ground 13 of the antenna 15 (larger floating ground plane can be placed at a larger distance from the antenna ground 13).
  • Inductively coupling the circularly polarized antenna 15 to the floating ground plane 40 has resulted in superior antenna performance including a much higher equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP), sometimes referred to as gain, with increases from 33% of power transmitted to >95% of transmitted power radiated.
  • EIRP equivalent isotropically radiated power
  • the Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) of the antenna system used in a system where the floating ground plane 40 is inductively coupled to the circularly polarized antenna 15 has been better than 2:1, and the range of the antenna system has been better than six times the typical dipole antenna system.
  • the radiation and reception pattern for the antenna system becomes substantially omni-directional.
  • Such circularly polarized antenna systems described above are no longer straight line of sight reception and transmission antenna and are not obstructed by buildings or other obstructions between the transmitting and receiving antenna systems.
  • the size of the floating ground plane 40 and its proximity to the antenna 15 effects the VSWR of the antenna system. Generally the larger or more massive the floating plane 40 the better the antenna performance and VSWR. In addition, the closer the floating ground plane is to the antenna without arcing or shorting, the better the performance of the antenna and the better the VSWR.
  • the length of the cable (feed signal 32) feeding the radiating element 12 also effects the VSWR of the antenna system. Generally the signal feed cable to the radiating element 12 should be short to reduce signal losses in the feed cable and should also be sized for impedance matching with the antenna 15.
  • Example 1 An example of a practical application of the antenna system 9 of
  • Fig. 2 for a wirelessly controlled robot 60 is shown in Figs. 11 and 12.
  • the wirelessly controlled robot 60 includes a circularly polarized antenna 65.
  • the design of antenna 65 is schematically illustrated in Fig. 3 and shown generally in Fig. 5 wherein the radiating element 12 is approximately 25 mm in length 1 and about 20 mm in height h or width, while the antenna ground 13 is about 115 mm in length GL and about 55 mm in height GH or width, with the radiating element 12 being separated from the antenna ground 13 by about 5 mm (d about 5 mm).
  • the radiating element 12 and antenna ground 13 are formed on the same circuit board or insulating substrate 14, where both the radiating element and antenna ground are relatively flat, thin, planar surfaces oriented in the same plane.
  • the antenna 65 is mounted about 12.5 mm behind the robot 60 (SP about 12.5 mm), and in this example behind the vertical plane of the robot, and about 1 meter from the ground.
  • the antenna 65 is mounted to the robot platform 60 so that it is electrically isolated from the robot platform 60, preferably using non- conductive supports. Care should be taken when mounting the antenna 65 on the robot platform as the robot batteries may adversely affect the performance of the antenna.
  • the robot antenna 65 receives signals to control the movement and action of the robot at 2.441 GHz frequency band and has a video link to send video images back to the user at a 2.556 GHz frequency band.
  • One antenna 65 preferably is used on the robot to transmit and receive both the 2.441 GHz and 2.556 GHz frequency bands.
  • a floating ground plane 90 is added to the robot platform 60, and in this embodiment the floating ground plane 90 takes the form of copper mesh 91 wrapped around the exterior of the robot and physically electrically connected to ground of the robot platform 60.
  • the power of the wireless control system in the robot platform 60 and in the wireless controller 70 is about two to about four watts, and with the antenna 65 of the robot mounted 12.5 mm behind the robot 60 and thus about 12.5 mm from the copper mesh 91 or floating ground plane 90, the floating ground plane 90 is believed to be inductively coupled to the antenna 65. It is believed that under these conditions the robot platform 60 becomes part of the antenna system as shown by Fig. 14.
  • the antenna system 9 When the floating ground plane 90 is inductively coupled to the circularly polarized antenna 65 of the robot platform 60, the antenna system 9 operates substantially as an omni-directional antenna that transmits 2.556 GHz for the video link and receives 2.441 GHz signals to control the robot movement.
  • the antenna system is no longer a straight line of sight communication system.
  • the antenna and communications system preferably is no longer influenced or is not as influenced by interference caused by obstructions.
  • the same antenna 65 preferably is also used in the wireless controller 70 for the robot, although other circularly polarized antenna designs, as well as other designs, including standard dipole antenna designs, may be used.
  • the antenna in the wireless controller unit 70 may be mounted inside the controller housing or outside the controller housing, but care should be taken to keep the batteries from adversely effecting the performance of the antenna system. To obtain optimum results, it is preferred to provide a floating ground plane in proximity to the antenna, preferably a circularly polarized antenna, in order to inductively couple the antenna to the floating ground plane.
  • Figs. 13 shows the VSWR from 1.5 GHz to 2.8 GHz for the robot 60 when utilizing the circularly polarized antenna 65 as described, while Fig. 14 shows the robot antenna gain at 2.441 GHz.
  • the VSWR in Fig. 13 is better than 2: 1 from 2.4 to 2.65 GHz.
  • the gain behind the robot antenna is in a range roughly of -lOdb to -20db, the midsection has a gain of -3db to lOdb, and the front has a gain of roughly +12db to +ldb.
  • the gain pattern of Fig. 14 shows how the robot itself has become part of the antenna system.
  • Example 2 In another example, the same CP antenna 65 as used in the first example on the robot platform 60 was used on the same robot platform but the antenna 65 was mounted 25.4 mm (about 1 inch) behind the robot, e.g., behind the vertical plane of the robot and thus about 25.4 mm from the floating ground plane 90 or wire mesh 91. Again the antenna 65 preferably is mounted to the robot platform 60 so that it is isolated from and not electrically connected to the platform 60.
  • the VSWR for the robot 60 with the CPA antenna 65 mounted 25.4 mm behind the robot (i.e., 25.4 mm from the floating ground plane) is shown in Fig. 15, while the antenna gain at 2.556 GHz is shown in Fig. 16.
  • the VSWR is better than 2: 1 from 1.6 GHz to 2.65 GHz as shown in Fig. 15. It should be noted that with the antenna mounted in the back of the robot 60, the gain is maximized behind the robot with the gain ranging roughly from -3db to -8db in the back to roughly -3db to +10db in the front as shown in Fig. 16.
  • the gain pattern of Fig. 16 shows how the robot has become part of the antenna system.
  • Example 3 In another example, an antenna 115 schematically illustrated as in
  • Fig. 3 and similar in layout to Figure 5, has a radiating element 12 having a length 1 of about 250 mm, and a height h or width of about 180 mm, separated a distance d of about 5 mm from antenna ground 13 is utilized.
  • the antenna ground 13 has a length GL of about 990 mm and a height GH or width of about 990 mm.
  • Both the radiating element 12 and antenna ground 13 are formed on a printed circuit board using printed circuit board technology.
  • both the radiating element and the antenna ground are formed as thin metal foils or conductive coatings on an insulating substrate 14.
  • Both the radiating element 12 and antenna ground 13 are relatively flat, thin, planar surfaces oriented in the same plane.
  • Circularly polarized antenna 115 is mounted on a moveable vehicle 110 as shown in Fig. 17.
  • the antenna 115 is mounted about an inch behind the vehicle 110.
  • the antenna is mounted so that it is electrically isolated from the skin of the vehicle.
  • the skin 141 of the vehicle 110 is formed of sheet steel and is connected to the ground of the vehicle.
  • the antenna 115 is operated at about one hundred and fifty (150) watts.
  • the skin 91 of the vehicle being formed of a conductive material, becomes the floating ground plane 140 for the antenna system 111.
  • the antenna 115 is isolated from and mounted about one (1) inch away from the skin 91 of the vehicle 110. With the system operating at about 150 watts, the floating ground plane 140, or skin 141 of the vehicle 110, becomes inductively coupled to the antenna 115. In this manner, the vehicle 110 or skin 141 of the vehicle 110 becomes part of the antenna system 111.
  • the location of the antenna 115 relative to the top surface of the vehicle 110 has an effect on the performance of the antenna 115.
  • the antenna 115 may be located on the back vertical surface 145 of the vehicle 110 and is preferably located so that the upper edge 116 of the antenna 115 is located at or near to the top surface 147 of the vehicle 110. That is, preferably the top edge 116 of the radiating surface 112 is located even with or just slightly above the top surface 147 of the vehicle. By locating the majority of the antenna 115 behind the moving vehicle 110, the antenna 115 will be better protected from the elements.
  • locating the antenna 115 partially, substantially or entirely above the vehicle 110 provides roughly the same performance benefits as mounting the top edge 116 of the radiating element 112 just at or slight above the top surface 147 of the vehicle 110.
  • the amount of offset or distance that the antenna is mounted behind the vehicle 110 also effects where vertically on the vehicle the antenna could be located without diminishing the performance of the antenna.
  • an antenna 115 that was mounted further behind the vehicle 110 could have the top edge 116 of the radiating element 112 located lower relative to the top surface 147 of the vehicle 110 than an antenna 1 15 mounted closer to the back of the vehicle 110.
  • antenna 115 may in some embodiments be positioned on the vehicle so that the top edge 116 of the antenna 115 is located slightly below the top surface of the vehicle 147.
  • Fig. 18 shows the low frequency response (the VSWR) of the CPA antenna 115 of example 3 mounted or offset one (1) inch away from the vehicle platform 110 and with the top edge 116 of the antenna 115 just about even with or just peeking over the top surface 147 of the vehicle 110.
  • Fig. 19 shows the high frequency response (VSWR) of the CPA antenna 115 of example 3 mounted or offset one (1) inch away from the vehicle platform 110 with the top edge 116 of the antenna 115 just about even with or just peeking over the top surface 147 of the vehicle 110.
  • Figs 18 and 19 show that the CP antenna of example 3 performs well from a frequency of about 233 MHz to better than about 750 MHz.
  • Fig. 20 shows the predicted radiation pattern of the antenna 115 in example 3 from the rear showing how the vehicle itself has become part of the antenna system 111.
  • Example 4 As shown in Fig. 21 a circularly polarized antenna 215 constructed as per Figs 6 & 7, and Fig. 10 has a radiating element 212 having a length 1 of 60 mm and a height or width of 45 mm formed on a printed circuit board 214.
  • the conductive radiating element 212 is formed about 5 mm from the bottom edge of the printed circuit board and a coupler 220 as shown in Figs. 6 & 7, Fig. 9 or Fig. 10 is attached along the bottom edge of the printed circuit board 214 so that an antenna ground 213 is formed about five (5) mm from the radiating element 212.
  • the antenna 215 is mounted on the housing 250 of a wireless device 210. Housing 250 is preferably non conductive.
  • a metal foil 241 formed of aluminum or copper is wrapped around the housing 250 and located in proximity to the antenna 215, including the antenna ground 213.
  • the metal foil or ground plane may be roughly about 125 mm by about 100 mm.
  • the metal foil 241 is about twenty (20) mm to about eighty (80) mm from the antenna 215 including specifically from the antenna ground 213 and forms floating ground plane 240.
  • the wireless device 210 operates at roughly .6 watts and has good performance over a broad frequency band from about 600 MHz to about 2.8 GHz.
  • Example 5 The antenna 15 of Fig. 10 is mounted on plastic housing of a wireless phone.
  • the radiating element 12 is formed on a printed circuit board 14 and has a length of about eight (8) mm to about ten (10) mm, a height or width of about ten (10) mm to about twelve (12) mm and is located about two (2) mm from the bottom edge of the printed circuit board.
  • a plate formed of metal and integral with the signal conductor 20 is attached along the bottom edge of the printed circuit board and forms the ground 13 of the antenna 15.
  • the ground 13 of the antenna 15 is isolated from the radiating element 12 by the printed circuit board 14 and is about 2 mm from the radiating element 12.
  • a metal foil 41 is wrapped around the housing of the wireless phone to form a floating ground plane 40.
  • the floating ground plane 40 may be about as close as (1) mm, preferably about two (2) mm, and may be as far as about five (5) mm or farther from the antenna 15, and preferably from the ground 13 of the antenna 15. In this manner the floating ground plane 40 preferably is inductively coupled to the antenna 15.
  • Example 6 An antenna of the design illustrated in Fig. 5 is constructed on a printed circuit board 14 having a radiating element 12 having a length of about seventy- five (75) mm, and a height or width of about fifteen (15) mm to about twenty (20) mm, and an antenna ground 13 having a length of about fifteen (15) mm to about twenty (20) mm, and a height or width of about sixty (60) mm, where the radiating element 12 is about two (2) mm from the antenna ground 13 on the printed circuit board.
  • a metal foil 41 is wrapped around the back of the housing of the wireless device (like metal foil 241 shown in Fig.
  • the printed circuit board antenna 15 is mounted over the metal foil 41 so that the metal radiating element 12 and antenna ground 13 face the metal foil 41.
  • the printed circuit board is mounted so that the antenna 15 is electrically isolated from the metal foil 41 and about 2 mm from the metal foil 41.
  • the size of the antennas 15, 65, 115 and 215 generally varies depending upon the frequency band at which the antenna is intended to work, where higher frequencies generally utilize smaller size radiating elements.
  • the floating ground plane preferably is connected to the ground of the device or platform.
  • the dedicated or floating ground plane in one embodiment may take the form of a metal strip, band, foil, thin sheet, wire mesh, plate, block or coating, but is not limited to these embodiments or forms.
  • the grounding plane preferably has some mass and dimensional size, with the mass and size preferably being varied depending upon the application and to impedance match with the one or more antenna.
  • the floating ground plane may be copper, gold, aluminum, sheet steel or other conductive metals.
  • the floating grounding plane preferably is close to the antenna to inductively couple the floating grounding plane to the antenna.
  • the floating ground plane may be located at a distance of about one (1) millimeter to about thirty (30) millimeters from the antenna. In one embodiment the antenna was located about six (6) inches from the floating ground plane.
  • the distance between the floating ground plane and the antenna may vary by the device, application and packaging requirements.
  • the floating ground plane preferably is closer to the antenna than the ground of the device.
  • the floating ground plane being closer to the antenna in these certain embodiments, may be more important than the floating ground plane being closer to the ground of the wireless device.
  • the additional floating ground plane inductively couples with the device's antenna and enables the floating ground plane and the device to become part of the overall antenna radiating system.
  • the principles and examples explained above can also be used in a method to improve the antenna system of existing wireless devices, including improving the range, EIRP and signal reception and transmission performance and characteristics of wireless devices.
  • the principles and examples may also be used to create a broadband antenna system. That is, in one aspect of the method, the principles explained and taught above can be used to retrofit existing antenna systems on wireless devices to provide improved performance including at least increased frequency band width response (VSWR), range, EIRP, and substantially omnidirectional characteristics.
  • VSWR frequency band width response
  • EIRP substantially omnidirectional characteristics
  • the existing antenna system on a wireless device can be exchanged for one of the circularly polarized antenna described and shown in Figs. 3-10.
  • the circularly polarized antenna in one embodiment preferably has a planar shaped, conductive radiating element that is formed as a relatively thin sheet or coating on a substrate, such as a printed circuit board, such as shown in Figs. 5-10.
  • the planar radiating element preferably is isolated from a ground of the antenna.
  • the antenna ground may be in the form of a planar shaped, conductive material that is formed as a thin sheet or coating on a substrate that is in the same plane of orientation as the radiating element as shown in Figs. 3-4 and 8-9.
  • the conductive radiating element and conductive antenna ground are formed on a printed circuit board using printed circuit board technology such as shown in Figs. 5, 8 and 9.
  • the conductive antenna ground can form a plate or other shape such as part of a coupler as shown in Figs. 6-7 and 10.
  • the feed connected to the antenna has one lead connected to the radiating element and the other lead connected to the antenna ground.
  • a conductive strip, band, foil, sheet, coating, wire mesh, plate or block of metal may be added to the wireless device to form a floating ground plane.
  • the floating ground plane is preferably inductively coupled to the antenna by electrically isolating the floating ground plane from the antenna, yet placing the floating ground plane in appropriate close proximity to the antenna.
  • the floating ground plane preferably is electrically connected to the ground of the wireless device.
  • the size of the radiating element may be varied depending upon the frequency of intended operation with generally higher frequencies utilizing smaller radiating elements.
  • the size of the antenna ground is generally, preferably larger than the radiating element (and may include larger mass and/or dimensional size).
  • the size of the floating ground plane preferably is larger than the antenna ground (and may include larger mass and /or dimensional size).
  • the larger and more massive the floating ground plane the greater the performance and VSWR of the antenna.
  • the size of the conductive floating ground plane added to the wireless device will vary depending upon the power level that the antenna system is designed to operate, with higher power generally requiring larger floating ground planes. Also, the distance that the floating ground plane is from the antenna is effected by the power that the antenna operates.
  • the higher the power of operation generally the larger the distance between the floating ground plane and the antenna in order to prevent arcing or a short from occurring between the antenna and the floating ground plane.
  • the closer the floating ground plane can be placed to the antenna without arcing or shorting the better the performance and VSWR of the antenna system.
  • the power that the antenna operates at also effects the distance that the antenna ground is located from the antenna radiating element with higher powers generally requiring a larger distance between the antenna ground and the radiating element in order to prevent arcing, a short or a grounding from occurring.
  • the antenna system performance may be improved by adding a circularly polarized antenna as described above, or switching out a different existing antenna for a circularly polarized antenna as described above, and mounting the CP antenna in such a manner so that the conductive housing or platform to which the CP antenna is attached is inductively coupled to the CP antenna.
  • the CP antenna is preferably electrically isolated from the conductive housing or platform and yet mounted in close proximity to the platform so that the antenna becomes inductively coupled to the platform for the desired power levels of operation.
  • the top edge of the radiating element is preferably about even with or slightly above the top surface of the platform, with the remainder of the antenna, including the antenna ground and the majority of the radiating element mounted behind or alongside the vehicle.
  • the size of the radiating element, and the distance between the floating ground plane and the antenna, and specifically the ground of the antenna may be adjusted in order to optimize the VSWR of the antenna at the desired frequency or frequency band widths.
  • the antenna system in one embodiment of the present invention preferably provides a high frequency antenna system that is substantially omni-directional including, but not limited to, for example, an antenna system that is substantially omni-directional at 1.2 GHz, 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz frequency bands, is not straight line of sight operational, has longer range by in part incurring less losses so that the antenna operates at greater than about 33% EIRP and as high as about 95% EIRP, and is responsive over a larger frequency band thus permitting one antenna to be used over a larger band width.
  • a wireless device is held by its user or a user comes into close proximity to the wireless device.
  • such wireless devices will be referred to as "hand held” wireless devices, although they may not be portable or held by a user's hand, and it has been found that particular methods are advantageous at reducing or eliminating detuning and ground out effects of such antenna systems when handled by a user.
  • the method and hand held wireless device 10 are schematically illustrated in Fig. 22, where the device has a housing 18 which includes an antenna 15, preferably a circularly polarized antenna, having a radiating element 12 separated a distance "d" from conductive antenna ground 13.
  • the hand held wireless device preferably further includes a floating ground plane 40 that is located sufficiently close to the antenna to inductively couple the floating ground plane 40 to the antenna 15.
  • the floating ground plane 40 preferably is electrically connected to the ground 45 of the device 10 by a wire or lead 42.
  • the floating ground plane 40 is preferably electrically connected by a wire or lead 44 to a conductive contact 48 accessible preferably to physical contact by a user, illustrated in Fig. 22 by a user's thumb 46. Having the user contact a conductive contact 48 on the exterior of housing 18 which is electrically connected to the floating ground plane 48, preferably and advantageously capacitively couples the user to the wireless device 10, and preferably to the floating ground plane 40.
  • a conductive contact 48 accessible preferably to physical contact by a user, illustrated in Fig. 22 by a user's thumb 46.
  • the housing 18 may be formed of non-conductive material, non-conductive material and conductive material, or conductive material. If housing 18 is formed of conductive material or parts are formed of conductive material, then the floating ground plane may be electrically connected to the conductive parts of the housing 18, preferably where a user is likely or intended to contact the housing. Alternatively or additionally, if the conductive parts of the housing 18 are unlikely to be contacted by a user during use, then it may be advantageous to include a further conductive contact 48 in a location accessible and likely to be contacted by a user.
  • a transmitting, receiving, or transceiver device 10 uses one or more circularly polarized antenna 15, preferably one or more circularly polarized dipole-like antenna that have an asymmetric dipole design.
  • Circularly polarized antennas 15 of a design that will work with device 10 include the antennas shown and described in United States Patent No. 7,733,280, particularly the design of Figures 1-6.
  • Figs. 6, 7 & 10 of the present application also show the design of a circularly polarized antenna 15 that has worked in a Uniden 1.9 GHz cordless phone.
  • the antenna of Figs. 6 & 7 was configured for 1.9 GHz and is shown next to a United States quarter and dime to provide approximate, relative dimensions.
  • the size of the antenna(s) 15 generally would vary depending upon the frequency band at which the antenna is intended to work.
  • the output 17 or input 17, depending upon whether the antenna 15 is transmitting or receiving a signal, of a power amplifier 50 is connected to the antenna 15.
  • the power amplifier 50 is also electrically connected to ground 45 of the wireless device 10 by lead 51.
  • the wireless device 10 may include a dedicated or floating grounding plane 40 in proximity to the ground 45 of the power amplifier 50.
  • the floating ground plane 40 may be about one (1) mm to about one (1) cm to the ground 45 of the power amplifier 50.
  • the floating ground plane 40 is also preferably connected to ground 45.
  • the dedicated ground plane 40 may take the form of a conductive material, for example a metal strip, band, foil, mesh, plate, block, coating or sheet 55, but is not limited to these embodiments or forms.
  • the grounding plane preferably has some mass and size, with the mass and size preferably being varied depending upon the application and to impedance match with the one or more antenna 15.
  • the metal strip 55 may be copper, gold, aluminum or other conductive metals.
  • the floating grounding plane 40 in a preferred embodiment, metal strip 55, preferably is close to the antenna 15 to inductively couple the grounding plane 40 (metal strip 55) to the antenna 15.
  • the floating ground plane may be located at a distance of about five (5) to about eight (8) millimeters from the antenna 15 in one representative example used for cell phone applications. The distance between the floating ground plane and the antenna may vary by the device, application and packaging requirements. In the embodiment of Fig.
  • the floating ground plane 40 preferably is closer to the antenna 15 than the ground 45 of power amplifier 50.
  • the floating grounding plane 40 being closer to the antenna 15 is typically more important than the floating grounding plane 40 being closer to the ground 45 of the power amplifier 50.
  • This additional grounding plane 40 permits the user to be capacitively coupled to the device's antenna so that the user does not detune or ground out the antenna, and preferably the user becomes part of the overall antenna radiating system.
  • An example of a practical application of the embodiment of Fig. 22 is configuring the metal band or ring that surrounds the newly introduced Apple iPhone 4 to serve as or be electrically connected to a floating ground plane so that the user is coupled to the phone's antenna and becomes part of the overall antenna radiating system.
  • This may be accomplished in one embodiment by adding a small strip of copper 55 in the phone to act as part of the floating ground plane 40 and connecting the small strip of copper 55 by a length of coaxial cable 44a to the metal band that surrounds the Apple iPhone 4.
  • the small strip of copper 55 may be about one (1) mm to about one (1) cm in length, preferably about one (1) cm, about 2.5 centimeters to about 3 centimeters in width, and about 1/32 of an inch in thickness.
  • the strip of conductive metal may be relatively thin compared to its length and width, but may also form a plate or block of material.
  • Other sizes for the metal strip 55 are also contemplated, and the size and mass of the strip may change depending upon the application and for impedance matching purposes.
  • the metal strip 55 may be about one or more grams and may change depending upon the application.
  • Metal strip 55 preferably acts as a floating ground plane 30 and is positioned to be in close proximity to the one or more antennas 15 present in the phone to inductively couple the floating ground plane 40 to the one or more antenna 15.
  • the copper strip 55 may also in this embodiment be close to the ground 45 of the power amplifier 50.
  • the metal ring or band surrounding the Apple iPhone 4 is connected to and becomes part of the floating ground plane 40, and further the metal ring or band present in the iPhone 4 preferably is contacted by and connects the user of the phone through the coaxial cable 44a to the metal strip 55 and capacitively couples the user to the phone's antenna 15 so the user becomes part of the antenna radiating system.
  • a transmitting, receiving, or transceiver device 10 such as, for example, a wireless phone
  • a transmitting, receiving, or transceiver device 10 has an antenna system 9' that uses one or more circularly polarized antenna 15, preferably one or more circularly polarized dipole-like antenna that have an asymmetric dipole design.
  • Circularly polarized antennas 15 of a design that will work with device 10 include the antennas shown and described in United States Patent No. 7,733,280, particularly the design of Figures 1-6.
  • Figs. 6, 7 & 10 of the present application also show the design of a circularly polarized antenna 15 that has worked in a Uniden 1.9 GHz cordless phone.
  • the size of the antennas 15 generally would vary depending upon the frequency band at which the antenna is intended to work.
  • the output 17 or input 17, depending upon whether the antenna 15 is transmitting or receiving a signal, of a power amplifier 50 is connected to the antenna 15 by a length of coaxial cable 48.
  • the power amplifier 50 is also connected by a lead 51 to ground 45.
  • the wireless device 10 may include a dedicated or floating grounding plane 40.
  • the floating ground plane 40 is also preferably electrically connected to ground 45.
  • the floating ground plane 40 in the embodiment of Fig. 24 is positioned farther away from the power amplifier and further away from the ground of the power amplifier.
  • a length of coaxial cable 57 is connected to lead 51 and extends toward and is in close proximity to the floating ground plane 40.
  • the end of the cable 57 is no more than a distance of about 10 millimeters from the floating ground plane 40 and the length of cable 57 is about 1.5 centimeters to about 3.5 centimeters, and preferably as short as possible to reduce losses.
  • the dedicated or floating ground plane 40 may take the form of a metal strip, band, foil, plate, block, sheet, mesh, or coating 55, but is not limited to these embodiments or forms.
  • the grounding plane preferably has some mass and size, with the mass and size preferably being varied depending upon the application and to impedance match with the one or more antenna 15.
  • the metal strip 55 may be copper, gold, aluminum, sheet steel or other conductive metals.
  • the floating grounding plane 40 in a preferred embodiment, metal strip 55, preferably is close to the antenna 15 to inductively couple the grounding plane 40 to the antenna 15.
  • the floating ground plane 40 may be located at a distance of about five (5) millimeters to about eight (8) millimeters from the antenna 15 in one representative example used for example in cell phone applications. The distance between the floating ground plane and the antenna may vary by the device, application and packaging requirements.
  • the floating ground plane 40 is closer to the antenna 15 than the ground 45 of power amplifier 50.
  • the floating grounding plane 40 being closer to the antenna 15 is more important in this embodiment than the floating grounding plane 40 being closer to the ground 45 of the power amplifier 50.
  • This additional floating grounding plane 40 permits the user to be capacitively coupled to the device's antenna 15 using the techniques discussed above in reference to Fig. 22 and become part of the overall antenna radiating system.
  • a transmitting, receiving, or transceiver device 10 such as, for example, a wireless phone
  • a transmitting, receiving, or transceiver device 10 has an antenna system 9" that uses one or more circularly polarized antenna 15, preferably one or more circularly polarized dipole-like antenna that have an asymmetric dipole design.
  • Circularly polarized antennas 15 of a design that will work with device 10 include the antennas shown and described in United States Patent No.
  • Figs. 6, 7 & 10 of the present application also show the design of a circularly polarized antenna 15 that has worked in a Uniden 1.9 GHz cordless phone.
  • the size of the antennas 15 generally would vary depending upon the frequency band at which the antenna is intended to work.
  • the output 17 or input 17, depending upon whether the antenna 15 is transmitting or receiving a signal, of a power amplifier 50 is connected to the antenna 15 by a length of coaxial cable 78.
  • the power amplifier 50 is also connected by a lead 51 to ground 45.
  • the wireless device 10 may include a dedicated or floating grounding plane 40.
  • a length of coaxial cable 57 is connected to lead 51 and extends toward and is in close proximity to the floating ground plane 40.
  • the dedicated ground plane 40 may take the form of a metal strip, band, foil, mesh, plate, block, sheet or coating 55, but is not limited to these embodiments or forms.
  • the floating grounding plane preferably has some mass and size, with the mass and size preferably being varied depending upon the application and to impedance match with the one or more antenna 15.
  • the floating ground plane 40 may be copper, gold, aluminum, sheet steel or other conductive metals.
  • the floating grounding plane 40 in a preferred embodiment metal strip 55, preferably is close to the antenna 15 to inductively couple the grounding plane 40 to the antenna 15.
  • the floating ground plane 15 may be located at a distance of about five (5) millimeters to about eight (8) millimeters from the antenna 15, for example for use in cell phone applications.
  • the distance between the floating ground plane and the antenna may vary by the device, application and packaging requirements.
  • the floating ground plane 40 is closer to the antenna 15 than the ground 45 of power amplifier 50.
  • the floating grounding plane 40 being closer to the antenna 15 is more important in this embodiment than the floating grounding plane 40 being closer to the ground 45 of the power amplifier 50.
  • This additional floating grounding plane 40 permits the user to be capacitively coupled to the device's antenna and become part of the overall antenna radiating system using the techniques described when discussing Fig. 22.
  • the floating ground plane 40 can be connected by a coaxial cable to a conductive member on the housing 10 of the wireless device, the conductive member configured and intended to be contacted by a user when using the wireless or cordless phone.
  • the impedance of the amplifier 50 is matched to the impedance of the antenna 15 by adjusting the length of the coaxial cable 78 connecting the antenna 15 and the power amplifier 50.
  • the coaxial cable 78 preferably is sized (e.g., its length is adjusted) so that its length is greater than or equal to about .2 to about .15 times the effective corrected wavelength of the antenna.
  • the antenna generally will not be tuned to resonate at exactly the frequency that it is intended to work at which is referred to as the wavelength error. So the length of the coaxial cable is adjusted so that its length is equal to or greater than about .2 to about .15 times that wave length error.
  • the effective corrected wavelength would be the sum of (1.925-1.9) + (2.4- 1.925) divided by 2 to get the average error of the antenna (Ae). That wavelength or antenna error Ae is multiplied by about .15 to about .2 to get a length in mm for the coaxial cable 78 that is connected between the power amplifier 50 and the antenna 15.
  • the length of the coaxial cable 78 may be about one centimeter to about 1.5 centimeters, preferably about 1.2 centimeters.
  • Figs. 26-32 In another embodiment of the invention which advantageously may reduce a user's exposure to the radiation effects of wireless devices, particularly, for example, wireless phones, is shown in Figs. 26-32 and preferably includes a floating ground plane 340 positioned and configured sufficiently close to and electrically isolated from the antenna 315, preferably a circularly polarized antenna, so as to inductively couple the floating ground plane 340 to the antenna 315.
  • the floating ground plane 340 preferably is further positioned and configured in the wireless device so that it substantially covers or overlaps the area of the antenna, and or the antenna components.
  • the antenna 315 further preferably faces toward the front of the wireless device and/or the side or face of the wireless device that faces the user while the floating ground plane faces the back of the wireless device.
  • a wireless device 310 in the example, an Apple mobile phone, is shown that has been modified to include an antenna 315, preferably a circularly polarized antenna 315, and a floating ground plane 340.
  • the CP antenna 315 is formed on a printed circuit board 314 that is approximately 95 mm to approximately 105 mm in height, preferably about 100 mm, and about 18 mm to about 22 mm in length, more preferably about 20 mm.
  • the CP antenna 315 and copper strip 341 assembly (described below) is placed over the battery pack 352 so that the antenna components face the battery pack 352 and the front 355 of the wireless device 310.
  • a small air gap 349 of about two (2) mm is present between the antenna 315 and the battery pack 352.
  • a first side 314a of the printed circuit board 314 has a radiating element 312 sized and configured to be resonate at 800 MHz, 825 MHz, 900 MHz, 1900 MHz and 2.4 GHz.
  • the radiating element 312 has a height of about 80 mm to about 90 mm, preferably about 87 mm, and a width of about 18 mm to about 22 mm, preferably about 20 mm.
  • An antenna ground 313 is also formed on the first side 314a of the printed circuit board 314 and has a width of about 12 mm to about 16 mm, more preferably about 14-15 mm, and a height of about 12 mm to about 15 mm, more preferably about 13 mm.
  • the radiating element 312 is separated from the antenna ground 313 by about 1 mm to about 3 mm, more preferably about 1 mm.
  • the back side 314b of the printed circuit board 314 is covered with a strip 341 of copper foil.
  • the strip of copper 341 is approximately 20 mm in width, and about 90 mm to about 110 mm, more preferably about 100 mm, in height.
  • An additional strip or tab 342 of copper foil extends from the side edge of printed circuit board 314, and will be positioned to extend to or beyond the housing 310 of the wireless device so that it can be contacted by a user of the wireless device, or connected to a conductive contact on the housing which is intended to be contacted by a user.
  • the copper strip 341 and tab 342 form a ground plane 340 that preferably is inductively coupled to the antenna.
  • the floating ground plane 340 may be formed of a single piece of preferably conductive material, or by multiple pieces of the same or different material, and more than one grounding plane may be utilized. More specifically the copper strip 341 which forms the grounding plane 340 is about one (1) mm to two (2) mm from the antenna 315 and electrically isolated from the antenna components, in this example, by the thickness of the printed circuit board material.
  • the back of the wireless device 310 is covered with insulating material 347, such as, for example, electrical tape, although other materials are contemplated.
  • insulating material 347 such as, for example, electrical tape, although other materials are contemplated.
  • copper strip 341 and copper tab 342 is placed over the body of the phone (over the battery pack), the radiating element 312 and antenna ground 313 face the battery pack 352 and the front 355 of the wireless device 310.
  • the copper strip 341 which forms the grounding plane 340 faces the back 356 of the wireless device 310.
  • the copper strip tab 342 extends out of the wireless housing 310 to a location on the exterior of the device's housing, as shown in Fig.
  • the antenna 315 and grounding plane 340 have been assembled as a unit or assembly, and then the assembly has been placed in the wireless device, the antenna 315 and floating ground plane 340 can be assembled separately in the device.
  • a signal feed 332 is connected to the antenna 315 preferably by a coaxial cable and coupler 320. More particularly there is a junction on the back side of the printed circuit board 314 to which the coupler 320 connects.
  • One conductor of the coaxial cable connects to the radiating element 312 while the conductive shielding on the coaxial cable connects to antenna ground 313.
  • a lead 377 shown in phantom in Fig. 27 is connected by the junction to the conductive shielding on the coaxial cable or ground of the wireless device and is also in electrical contact with the copper strip 341 and the antenna ground.
  • Fig 31 shows the gain of the antenna of the wireless phone illustrated in Figs. 26-30 where a user does not contact the phone during operation.
  • FIG. 32 shows the gain of the antenna when a user contacts the copper tab 342 that extends out of the housing and has the phone against his ear.
  • the phone in the chart of Fig. 32 is positioned so that the user's ear is at 90°. It should be noted that the scale of Fig. 31 is different than the scale of Fig. 32. It is noteworthy that the gain of the antenna system, as shown by comparing Fig. 31 to Fig. 32, has improved when contacted by the user, and the user is believed to be coupled to and become part of the antenna system. In addition, when the phone of Figs.
  • the signal propagation changes so that the signal propagates away from the front of the device, and hence, away from the head of the wireless phone operator who has the phone against his ear.
  • the signal propagated predominately between 0° to 90°, which would be toward the front of the device and toward the user, but in Fig. 32, the signal propagated primarily between 195° and 240° with a secondary lobe between 30° and 330°.
  • the signal when the user contacts the floating ground plane not only propagates away from the head, the signal is also distributed over a larger area so that there is less signal concentration at a user's head.
  • one or more floating ground planes can be utilized and, although the description and preferred embodiments have referred to and shown foils and coatings as the grounding planes; plates, blocks, rings, polygonal and amorphous shapes can be utilized for the grounding plane (such as, for example, the conductive band around the Apple iPhone 4), and the grounding plane need not form a "plane" or have a flat, planar shape. It is understood, therefore, that this invention is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed, but it is intended to cover modifications within the spirit and scope of the present invention as reasonably disclosed a taught to those of ordinary skill in the art by the present description.

Abstract

La présente invention se rapporte à un dispositif sans fil comprenant un système d'antennes amélioré. Le dispositif selon l'invention comprend : une antenne ou plus, une antenne à polarisation circulaire de préférence, pour transmettre ou recevoir un signal ; et un plan de sol flottant, ou plus. L'invention est caractérisée en ce que le plan de sol flottant est de préférence isolé électriquement par rapport à l'antenne et qu'il se trouve suffisamment proche d'elle pour être couplé de manière inductive à l'antenne. Le plan de sol flottant peut comprendre un ou plus d'une lamelle, d'une bande, d'un feuillet, d'une plaque, d'un bloc, d'un treillis, d'une feuille ou d'un revêtement de matériau conducteur. Le plan de sol flottant peut être, par exemple, une lamelle de cuivre, une bande, un feuillet ou un revêtement relativement mince. L'antenne à polarisation circulaire comprend de préférence : un élément rayonnant de forme plane plate dimensionné et configuré de façon à résonner à une fréquence ou à une bande de fréquences prédéterminée souhaitée ; et une surface d'antenne de forme plane plate. Selon l'invention, l'élément rayonnant et la surface d'antenne sont tous les deux formés sur le même circuit imprimé. L'élément rayonnant est isolé électriquement par rapport à la surface d'antenne mais il est suffisamment proche d'elle pour résonner aux fréquences souhaitées. De préférence le plan de sol flottant est plus large ou plus massif que la surface d'antenne et il est de préférence plus large ou plus massif que l'élément rayonnant. Dans un autre mode de réalisation de l'invention, le dispositif sans fil comprend un boîtier pour réaliser l'interface avec un utilisateur. Le boîtier comprend un contact conducteur exposé à l'extérieur du boîtier et configuré de façon à être contacté par un utilisateur. Le contact conducteur est connecté électriquement au plan de sol flottant, de préférence de telle sorte que l'utilisateur soit couplé à l'antenne et devienne une partie du système d'antennes. De préférence, le plan de sol flottant peut aussi être configuré de façon à recouvrir sensiblement l'antenne ou à se superposer sur elle. Il peut aussi être configuré de façon à distribuer et à propager les signaux électromagnétiques de sorte à les éloigner de la tête de l'utilisateur.
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